The Lone Star Fire Company was formed in 1885 in West (now Central) Nyack and was admitted to the Nyack Fire Department in 1886. It was disbanded in 1904 and reorganized as the Central Engine Company #6 with Andrew Sidoli as chief.
The De Baun House or "The Valley Cottage" is a Dutch sandstone house at 381 Kings Highway in Valley Cottage. For many years it was a business where antiques were bought, sold, and appraised.
Since a bridge roadway is in continuous motion, Anaconda's American Brass Company developed rolled bridge plates of wrought phosphor bronze that is strong and tough.This magazine advertisement provides an explanation of the problem, the solution,...
Covers of "The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi," " Baby Face," " Brown Eyes Why Are You Blue?," "Lucky Lindy," "Get Out and Under the Moon," and "Yes Sir! That's My Baby" were arranged for a photograph to be used in Clarence A. Baracks' book, "Growing Up...
This unusual house, built on a hilltop in the Wesley Hills area of Rockland County, resembles an Egyptian temple.When the house was built in 1915, it was called the Temple of Luxor. The first owner, Joseph M. Goldberg, was influenced by Egyptian...
After the 1910 Nyack Firemen's Parade, the New City Fire Company was photographed in front of Mazeppa Engine Company, Main Street, Nyack. Seated in front are (left to right) Ed Gross, New City postmaster and fire chief; Ed Buchenau, Clarkstown town...
Octagonal stones spaced by small squares form the walkway in front of several of the houses originally built at the Christian Herald Children's Home, now Camp Ramah.
This photo of Orangetown's Fire Engine Company, No. 1, was taken on Broadway in front of the old Reformed Church. The central figure is Daniel D. Demarest, at the time the surviving charter member of the company. Others that were part of the group...
A small neat cottage has an open front porch. Vines climb up the porch pillars and one of the windows. Several trees seem to guard the homestead, and there is a small outbuilding on the right.
One section of the ornate brick work of this wall in the Dutch Garden is crumbling.Behind the wall is the tea house. This park, designed by Mary Mowbray-Clark, is south of the Rockland County Courthouse in New City.
A group of women dressed in white dresses pose for a picture. On the back is written, "lodge." A similar image, #5153, has on the back, "Forester ladies." The Foresters were a fraternal organization with a chapter in Nyack.
The porch of this store in Blauvelt almost touches Western Highway. The concrete slab has a single step down to road level.There is a sign for Schmalz bread and a wagon that that has Lediger on the side. This building remained a store - Esposito's...
